Disarm Evil

Chapter 4: Object

"Who is this? I thought I told you to come alone?" Lise asks, ver blue eyes peeking out through the crack of a chained door.

"This is Hari," I say, "Ve was taken from ver family in Hosudiha and is looking for a way to help them. We agreed ve would be best positioned to give them aid from Sudihatosema. So I invited ver to come along."

"Hosudiha you say?" Lise gives Hari a long look, "Hmm... I think I have a buddy who can help you out." Lise looks back into the apartment ve occupies, "Hey Guhi! Dima is here!"

"Ve finally pulled the trigger huh?" Guhi shouts back.

"Yeah, but ve brought along another atu seeking passage to Sudihatosema and ver friend looks like someone you would be better suited to help."

"Is that so?" Sounds of movement suggest Guhi is making ver way to the door and soon enough Lise's eye moves away and a new dark brown eye looks out at us, "Ah, I see what you mean."

The door shuts for a moment as the chain is removed and then it reopens revealing Guhi to be a tall and well built, light-brown furred bitu. Behind Guhi stands Lise, a pale-skinned atu, towering over me at maybe six ingots tall with well defined muscles, short well kept blond hair, and the sort of face most vetu of the opposite sex, and some of the same sex, might imagine their fantasy lover to have. They both wear nice yet modest trousers and linen shirts. Guhi puts in a bit of effort to look appealing while Lise doesn't aim to impress and yet looks quite impressive anyways.

"Hari was it?" Guhi says, "Come with me and I'll help you make more than enough money to help your family."

"As for us," Lise says as ve looks at me, "We have an air balloon to fill and then not a second to lose. Your family will be looking for us, so we need to get far away from here and quickly."

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It hasn't even been three wages since I ran away, and now I am here, in an air balloon with Lise, watching my old home shrink with distance. Hari stayed back with Guhi. I am not sure what their plan is, because surely Hari's guardian will be looking for ver as well.

The island which cradles the city of Rirbuseha looks like a colossal eye. The whole island must have been a stereotypical leaf shape at one point when something punched a circular hole clean through the upper part of the island; turning one peak into two. Rirha floats in the center of the "iris" looking almost like a pupil. It is as though my old home is watching us depart as Lise flies our air balloon away, trying to approximate when we might be over the destination we seek to descend into. I look back as a cyclone of emotions rips through me, leaving me unsure how to feel.

"Don't tell me you are having second thoughts." Lise says.

"No, just. You know. It's a big change. There is a lot to process." I say.

"No need to process anything. You and I are together now. Process that! Isn't it amazing! We are finally together!"

"Yeah, I'm finally free!" I say, trying to get excited. However, something I said seems to sap all of the excitement out of Lise, "What? What's wrong."

"Oh, nothing." Lise says.

I'm about to insist ve tell me when ve continues anyway, "It's just- Here I am excited about us, and you can only think about yourself."

"Oh, I'm sorry, you're right. I'm being selfish." I try to redirect my mind away from Gele, Joho, my hand embroidered clothes, my projects, even my parents despite the bad relationship. I am with Lise, that was my goal. Well, not entirely, I am with Lise and we are about to embark on a mission to save those who remain in Sudihatosema.

"We are finally together. And now that we are together we can be Ritu's power couple. We might change the world!" I exclaim.

"That's a little better," Lise remarks.